VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-20696
Windows libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
HIGH 7.3EPSS 3.13%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Windows libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.13% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 10 1809 · microsoft/windows 10 21h2 · microsoft/windows 10 22h2 · microsoft/windows 11 21h2 · microsoft/windows 11 22h2 · microsoft/windows 11 23h2 · microsoft/windows server 2019 · microsoft/windows server 2022 · microsoft/windows server 2022 23h2
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20696Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://clearbluejar.github.io/posts/patch-tuesday-diffing-cve-2024-20696-windows-libarchive-rce/
- https://github.com/clearbluejar/CVE-2024-20696
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00007.html
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20696Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.